SCCO
Strong BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralSouthern Copper Corporation · Basic Materials · United States · $170.5B cap · $211.5M/day traded
$208.69 -0.2% · close 12 Oct · scored 14 Oct
StockRank down 1.1 since 13 Oct.
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Report expected 27 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 6.1% over the last 13 weeks.
As of 14 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) is 85/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 86, Value 25, Momentum 72, each scored against its sector).
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Southern Copper has the largest copper reserves of any listed miner and among the lowest costs, and copper recently hit a record as Chilean output fell to a 19-year low while estimates rise. It is still a commodity producer whose earnings swing with the copper price, and the shares trade at a large premium to peers.
ABOUT SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION
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Southern Copper Corporation is one of the largest integrated copper producers in the world, with premier mining, smelting, and refining operations in Peru and Mexico. The company possesses the largest copper reserves of any publicly traded miner, ensuring a multi-decade production runway. Its primary competitive moat is its industry-leading low cash cost of production, driven by high-grade deposits and valuable molybdenum and silver by-products.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 10.0B | 9.9B | 11.4B | 13.4B | 10.1% | 15.8B | 17.2B | 16.6B | 11.1% |
| EPS | 3.16 | 2.91 | 4.10 | 5.14 | 17.6% | 6.70 | 7.89 | 7.61 | 21.6% |
| Shares | 834.3M | 834.3M | 834.3M | 834.3M | +0.0% | 844.3M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 7.1B | 7.0B | 7.0B | 7.4B | 1.4% | 8.6B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 8.1B | 7.4B | 9.2B | 11.0B | 10.9% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 2.8B | 3.6B | 4.4B | 4.8B | 19.2% | 6.7B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -666.8M | -1.4B | -673.3M | -1.7B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -3.0B | -3.1B | -1.6B | -2.0B | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 5% below its 52-week high.
Swung more than 66% of stocks we rank over the past year (52% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SCCO are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation(you) | $170.5B | 85 | Strong Buy |
| FCXO34.SA | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | $106.0B | 81 | Strong Buy |
| TECK-B.TO | Teck Resources Limited | $32.8B | 83 | Strong Buy |
| ANTO.L | Antofagasta plc | $48.9B | 71 | Buy |
| KGH.WA | KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. | $17.5B | 86 | Strong Buy |
| LUN.TO | Lundin Mining Corporation | $21.0B | 78 | Buy |
| 0358.HK | Jiangxi Copper Company Limited | $14.6B | 81 | Strong Buy |
| HBM.TO | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | $11.9B | 85 | Strong Buy |
| FM.TO | First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | $26.7B | 63 | Hold |
| CSC.AX | Capstone Copper Corp. | $7.9B | 85 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 4.6% · P/E 18.1x · Gross margin 26.4%
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